''Agent Red'' is a 2000 American

action film The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as D ...

directed by

Damian Lee Damian Lee (born 1950) is a Canadian film director and producer. A former competitive skier, he transitioned to televised sports events, and later to feature films. A fixture of low-budget genre movies during much of the 1980s and 1990s, Lee re- ...

and

Jim Wynorski Jim Wynorski is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He is known for making B movies, softcore pornography, and exploitation films, such as '' The Witches of Breastwick''. In 2009, the documentary '' Popatopolis'', directed by C ...

and starring

Dolph Lundgren Hans "Dolph" Lundgren (, ; born 3 November 1957) is a Swedish actor, filmmaker, and martial artist. Lundgren made his acting debut in 1985 with a cameo in the List of James Bond films, James Bond film ''A View to a Kill''. Also that year, he h ...

. Its plot concerns two soldiers stuck on a submarine with a group of terrorists who plan to use a chemical weapon on America.

Plot

Captain Matt Hendricks and Dr. Linda Christian are locked in a submarine with Russian terrorists that threaten to launch a chemical virus on US territory.

Cast

as Captain Matt Hendricks * Meilani Paul as Dr. Linda Christian * Alexander Kuznetsov as Dr. Nikolai Kretz * Natalie Radford as Nadia *

Randolph Mantooth Randolph Mantooth (born Randy DeRoy Mantooth, September 19, 1945) is an American actor who has worked in television, documentaries, theater, and film for more than 50 years. A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he was discovere ...

as Admiral Edwards * Neal Matarazzo as Lt. Matarazzo * Tony Becker as Lt. Jack Colson *

Steve Eastin Steve Eastin (born June 22, 1948) is an American actor, acting teacher and author. He has appeared in more than 300 television, film and stage roles throughout his career. Early life and education Eastin was born in Colorado, where he began to ...

as Captain Russert * Allan Kolman as Ziggy * Larry Carroll as Newscaster * Robert Donavan as General Minovsky * Pat Skelton as Borenz *

Stephen Macht Stephen Robert Macht (born May 1, 1942) is an American actor, rabbi, and professor. Early life and education Macht was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Jewish parents Janette and Jerome Irving Macht. He is of Russian Jewish descent. He w ...

as General Stillwell * William Langlois as The President * Melissa Brasselle as Dr. Baker *

Steve Franken Stephen Robert Franken (May 27, 1932 – August 24, 2012)Slotnik, Daniel E. (August 31, 2012)"Long Career Followed 'Dobie Gillis' Role" ''The Atlanta Constitution''. p. B7. Retrieved November 20 , 2023. was an American actor who worked in ...

as General Socka * Lenny Juliano as Captain * Peter Spellos as Col. Korsky * Sonny King as Lt. Cmdr. Rogers

Production

The project originated as a pitch written by Kevin Bernhardt and was pre-sold under the title "Captured".

Steve Latshaw Steve Latshaw (b. 1959) is an American screenwriter, producer and director. He has written a number of films for Jim Wynorski and Fred Olen Ray. He began his career working in television. He started making films with Fred Olen Ray in Florida. He ...

was approached by producer

Andrew Stevens Andrew Stevens (born Herman Andrew Stephens; June 10, 1955) is an American executive, film producer, director and actor. Early life Stevens was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the only child of actress Stella Stevens and her former husband Noble ...

to rewrite his script "Counter Measures" for a Dolph Lundgren film, Latsaw later discovered that

was hired to write the script, and also be the film's director. After filming was completed, Stevens deemed the film too inept to be released, and brought Latshaw in to make the film at least half-competent, while

was hired to direct some new scenes (about 40 minutes of footage in three days) and insert stock footage (mostly from

Fred Olen Ray Fred Olen Ray (born September 10, 1954) is an American film producer, director and screenwriter of more than 200 low- to medium-quality feature films in many genres, including Horror film, horror, science fiction, action film, action/adventure f ...

's ''Counter Measures'' with

Michael Dudikoff Michael Joseph Stephen Dudikoff Jr., (; born October 8, 1954) is an American actor, model and martial artist. Born in New York City, his family later moved to Los Angeles. Dudikoff did different jobs to pay for his education, during this time he b ...

of which it became a remake) where appropriate.

References

External links

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